THE HEALTHCARE DEBATE
September 9, 2009
I'm growing weary of this healthcare debate. Talk about flogging a dead horse.
As I said in My Profile, I am a libertarian anarchist, which means that I don't much give a hoot about laws, unless of course you're talking about the most basic ones, like Thou shalt not kill, or steal and so on.
So, what am I saying? That I don't believe there should be laws requiring that citizens have healthcare insurance, or that the government should simply take care of personal health issues? Well, yeah, I guess that's exactly what I'm saying.
You see, I've had this personal issue of my own for many years now. It all has to do with the basic purpose of government. And whenever I consider that purpose, I'll be damned if I can find any kind of support for the idea of government getting so "personally" involved in the lives of its citizens. The simplest and best way to say it is with the use of the word, "micromanagement." Governments do not exist for the purpose of micromanaging our lives. If anything, it's the very opposite. They exist for the purpose of macromanaging our lives.
If I'm not mistaken, I believe the task of micromanagement falls within the purview of the family unit, not the national (or state) governments.
But what if the family fails in their responsibility, you ask?
As tough and insensitive as it may sound, I've got to go with the survival-of-the-fittest philosophy. If a family fails, then a family fails. Let Nature take its natural course. Or let the religious types (or charities) get involved and deal with it.
But whatever the outcome, do not bring laws and governments into it. Leave people alone to do their thing, whatever that thing may be, even if it leads to their own destruction. I guess the bottom line is that we have been conditioned to expect too much from government. And that means that we should consider putting on a completely different headset. Once again, as suggested in the essay Economic Fix, we need to change the way we think.